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Forces Opposing Boeing Merger
Are Gaining Strength in the EU

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Charles Goldsmith Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 17, 1997 12:01 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS -- Reflecting the increasing possibility that European Union regulators will block the merger of Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp., Germany's economics minister said concessions offered by Boeing were "clearly not enough" and an EU advisory panel again unanimously rejected the deal.

A week before a final EU decision is due, German Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt characterized as insufficient Boeing's offers in the key areas of exclusive sales contracts and the potential spillover effect of...